PHILIPPE, prince de Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha (1844-1921)

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PHILIPPE, prince de Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha (1844-1921)
Set of 28 L.A.S.: "Philippe", dated February 13, 1882 to September 23, 1882, sent from Biederstein, Innsbruck, Venice, Château de Laeken, Szent-Antal-Selmeczbanya, Oberhof, etc., addressed to his mother Princess Clementine d'Orléans (1817-1907), 121 pages, on headed paper with her monogram, Château de Laeken, Selmeczbanya, etc., text in French, folds, foxing, but overall good condition. -Biederstein, February 1882: "I hope you will have been able to leave quietly on the evening of the 11th, and that Ferdinand's pains will soon have ceased. It must be lovely in Fiume, even too hot in the sun, because even here it gets hot around noon. It's true that in the morning it's 9-11 degrees cold, and we're skating a lot, but we haven't been there yet, Louise still coughing a lot morning and evening. My pains are better too. We had a very bad breakfast in Linz on a tray brought in the carriage, a coffee in Salzburg in weather that made the big mountains even more beautiful, and finally we were here at 7 o'clock for dinner. Amélie is well, and so are the children. Fortunately there is snow, which prevents that horrible dust from Vienna, we went to make our visits yesterday finding only Dada very cheerful and excited. Louis was asleep, having returned late from the ball, so we had him woken up, it was almost 5 a.m., the Queen very good as always asking about you having had to wait for the King until 2 a.m. and spend from 2 to 4 in conversation with him, strange hour! We paid a visit to the Duchess Max and the Charles family for dinner, and she looked very well. So did Marie José. Who is to marry his sister? Didn't you tell me that? The Louis Wallersee [Prince Louise of Bavaria and his wife, née Henriette Mendel, titled Baroness of Wallersee] came after dinner, then we all went home. All Amélie's paintings arrived, and were already there when you got there. Amélie saw two crates and thought only of 2 paintings. Our best wishes to everyone at Villa Giuseppe. Louise and I embrace you from the bottom of our hearts" -Biederstein, February 15, 1882: "My dearest Mama, delighted with our happy arrival in Fiume, learned from a dispatch from Joseph, here too is the thaw, great mud and warm wind which will do Louise's cough good. I have approached the King [Louis II of Bavaria], who replies that he wants to invite us to dinner. We replied familiendiner yes, gala dinner no, because of the mourning. He thought it was desire. Yesterday evening, 6 o'clock, arrives General ..., Count .... To bring me in the name of the King the Order of St. Hubert, I thanked well, it is extremely kind, he does not give it often. Max and Amélie are ..., no one expecting it, having already come so often to Munich from this ... I received a very good letter from Uncle Ernest asking me to represent him at the wedding in Windsor to which he was invited and does not want to go. He tells me it is delayed, I hope not. Finally, he wants me to take no one with me but one of these gentlemen (relieved), so he lends me Baron Ruep..., I'm very pleased with him, he's a convenient man and never unhappy (...)". - April 9, 1882: "Thank you for your interesting letter from Rome of the 6th. I envy you all our beautiful walks and the visit to the pope's house. I had thought you would go to another hotel, Ferdinand having declared "Europe" infectious. I am still signing this letter to Rome to tell you that our lunch in Cannes was charming. The Parisians were very kind. We ate at the Villa Saint Firmin, whose garden is superb, and the Hotel Montfleury is also very good. We went to services at Notre-Dame-des-Pins, 7 pains, then concerto, which is really not bad (...) We went for a charming walk with the Paris family, to Canne, Vallauris and California (...° after 3 hours of walking on very steep steps in the sun, Louise was very hot. Bought lots of lots, perfumes, hats, olive wood (...) had lunch on the grass (...) We delayed our departure until the 12th and came back here to accept Chambrun's invitation, then we went to Monte Carlo on the new road, which is superb. Louise to win and uncle lost, excellent dinner at the Hotel de Paris (...) We were invited to lunch with Léopold in Menton. We went on the 5th; he's still in bed, but suffering less. We had lunch with him. Beatrice was there too, but I didn't see the tired queen. The kings of Saxony were there too, they came here on purpose to see us on Thursday, I was very sorry not to have gone (...)". - April 24, 1882: "My dearest Mama, I'm signing this letter again for your sake.
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